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Tips for Coaching a Succesful Team
 All coaches must be able to create an opportunity to evaluate a player’s ability to execute certain skills.
One of the best ways to evaluate the level of competency is to use "free play."
Free play describes the condition where individuals play without restrictions on time or space. Good coaches use free play to observe a player’s capabilities.
Free play allows players to develop natural abilities. Players should be given general directions on time or space, general directions on what they should attempt to accomplish, and then left on their own.
Free play avoids wasting time in organizing lines, capturing wandering players, etc. The players should play hard and stop when rest is warranted.
During free play, players avoid others, seek open space, and become more aware of the action around them. A coach’ observational powers will increase as they are forced to isolate an individual's action in a group.
Typical methods include:
Training Games (drills) are used to duplicate match conditions.
A training game (drill) requires organization of the players to repeatedly execute a specific skill or tactic, or combination thereof.
As a coach you must think static and progress to dynamic as quickly as possible.
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